State Formation and Radical Democracy in India analyzes one of the
most important cases of developmental change in the twentieth
century, namely, Kerala in southern India and begs the question of
whether insurgency among the marginalized poor can use formal
representative democracy to create better life chances. Going back
to pre-independence, colonial India, Manali Desai takes a long
historical view of Kerala and compares it with the state of West
Bengal, which like Kerala has been ruled by leftists but has not
had the same degree of success in raising equal access to welfare,
literacy, and basic subsistence. This comparison brings the role of
left party formation and its mode of insertion in civil society to
the fore, raising the question of what kinds of parties can effect
the most substantive anti-poverty reforms within a vibrant
democracy. This book offers a new, historically based explanation
for Kerala's post-independence political and economic direction.
General
| Imprint: |
Routledge
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
Routledge Studies in Asia's Transformations |
| Release date: |
March 2013 |
| First published: |
2007 |
| Authors: |
Manali Desai
|
| Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 12mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
208 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-415-65194-3 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Politics & government >
General
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| LSN: |
0-415-65194-8 |
| Barcode: |
9780415651943 |
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